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Grants & Donations

PEA members are committed to keeping their communities strong. Each year, through the PEA, they give thousands of dollars to charitable organizations to help others in need.

Giving Back

With so many organization helping to make the world a better place, your Association Executive wants to make sure PEA grants and donations funds are distributed to initiatives close to the hearts of our members.

Nominate an organization

Nominations were accepted between Monday, September 24 and Friday, October 5, 2018.

Vote for your favourite organizations

Voting for Giving Back 2018 was between Monday, October 22 and Friday, November 9, 2018.

The Grants and Donations Committee shortlisted organizations (based on geographic regions). Members voted for their favourites via email.

Winners of Giving Back 2018 can be found to the right.

2018 Giving Back Winners

Each of the winners below was awarded $1000

National Charities

WE Charity

Provincial Charities

BC Children’s Hospital

The Land Conservancy of BC

Metro Vancouver Charities

Evans Lake Forest Education Society

Regional BC Charities

Canadian Mental Health Association – Kelowna Branch

Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society

Vancouver Island Charities

Victoria Women’s Transition House

Our Place Society

Anawim House

BC SPCA – Victoria Office

Questions or Comments?

Please call the PEA at 800-779-7736 (toll-free) with any questions or concerns. Alternatively, you may send general questions or concerns via our contact us.

Policy Information

The Association Executive of the Professional Employees Association has approved changes to Policy 6.6, Grants & Donations. The Grants & Donations Committee makes recommendations to the Executive for targeted funding to a limited number of priority organizations identified by the Committee.

Section B.3 of the Grants and Donations policy states that once each fiscal year, members will have the opportunity to nominate individuals or organizations, other than labour organizations, to receive PEA grants and donations. The nominations criteria stipulates that the organization must be a registered charity, the organization must not have received a donation from the PEA in the same calendar year, the organization must not be internationally-based, and the organization must generally align with the values and principles of the PEA. The Grants & Donations Committee will review all nominations received from members and determine the funding amount.

Rules and Regulations

Only active members in good standing can submit nominations and participate in voting. You must have had a signed membership application and assigned member number to nominate and/or vote for grants and donations recipients.

You may submit as many nominations as you like, however, you may only vote once.

A submission is not valid unless all fields are filled out completely.

You must have consented to having your text published on the e-ballot. This text will be shown anonymously. To express your consent, you must enter your legal name in the appropriate text field on your submission.

Voting is anonymous.

All Giving Back activities adhered to PEA Policy 6.6.

Recipients of grants and donations will be announced shortly after voting closes and will be posted online.

Community Donations

Donations Program

The PEA believes in giving back to the communities where our members live and work and to organizations that make a real difference. As of July 13, 2017 direct appeals will no longer be accepted. If you know of an organization that deserves donation, please consider nominating them through the yearly Giving Back program, which is open to all PEA members.

Here's a list of organizations we've donated to in the past:

Date Issued

Issued to

Amount

December 3, 2018

BC Federation of Labour 24th Annual Labour Christmas Dinner

$1000

December 3, 2018

Rabble

$1000

December 3, 2018

WE Charity

$1000

December 3, 2018

BC Children's Hospital

$1000

December 3, 2018

The Land Conservancy of BC

$1000

December 3, 2018

Evans Lake Forest Education Society

$1000

December 3, 2018

Canadian Mental Health Association - Kelowna Branch

$1000

December 3, 2018

Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society

$1000

December 3, 2018

Victoria Women's Transition House

$1000

December 3, 2018

Our Place Society

$1000

December 3, 2018

Anawim House

$1000

December 3, 2018

BC SPCA - Victoria Office

$1000

July 9, 2018

BC Health Coalition

$1000

July 9, 2018

BC Heritage Labour Centre

$500

July 9, 2018

BC Library Association

$750

July 9, 2018

Evidence for Democracy

$750

July 9, 2018

Labour Day 2018 at the PNE with Vancouver District Labour Council and New Westminster Labour Council Sponsorship

Giving Back Review

We're reviewing the Giving Back Program. If you'd like to be kept informed about the future of the program please provide your email below.

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